Hodge, B. K., & Luck, R. (2013, June), The Use of Symbolic Solvers in Mechanical Engineering Education  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--22627

\bibitem{asee_peer_22627}
  Hodge, B. K., \& Luck, R. (2013, June), \emph{The Use of Symbolic Solvers in Mechanical Engineering Education}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--22627

B. K. Hodge and Rogelio Luck.  "The Use of Symbolic Solvers in Mechanical Engineering Education".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/22627 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_22627}
  B. K. Hodge and Rogelio Luck.
  "The Use of Symbolic Solvers in Mechanical Engineering Education".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://peer.asee.org/22627 Internet.  16 Dec, 2024

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AB  -                             The Use of Symbolic Solvers in                           Mechanical Engineering EducationAbstract –There are many books and pedagogical papers on how to use mathematical CADprograms to perform numerical calculations for engineering problems. In contrast to numericalcalculations, this paper explores the use of symbolic solvers for mechanical engineeringproblems and investigates the pedagogical inferences of using these solvers in mechanicalengineering education. Classroom explanations and homework for engineering coursessometimes require tedious symbolic manipulations of equations or systems of equations,differentiation of complex functions, and evaluation of integral expressions. The use ofcomputational software systems, such as Mathcad, Mathematica, Maple, and Macsyma, capableof symbolic manipulations, allows the student to focus more on the engineering aspects of aproblem than on performing the symbolic manipulations. With less time spent on evaluatingintegrals, performing complex differentiations, and solving systems of equations, more time isavailable for students to engage in higher-level synthesis and understanding. Several examplesare presented in this paper to show how symbolic manipulation software can be successfullyemployed in the classroom and in homework. The examples are taken from both undergraduateand graduate courses. Although the examples in this paper are appropriate for mechanicalengineering, the paradigm is transferable to any engineering discipline in which problemformulations result in systems of complex equations whose solutions require tedious (and errorprone) manipulations.
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